Ruth Rebecca Beverly, age 91, of Huntingtown, MD passed away July 28, 2011 at the Calvert County Nursing Center in Prince Frederick, MD. Ruth was born September 20, 1919 in Bowens, MD to Benjamin Franklin, Sr. and Ethel (Cochran) Robinson. She was raised in Calvert County where she attended public schools.

She married Joseph W. Cochran September 21, 1935 and they had four children. Joseph passed away October 18, 1944, and Ruth married George A. Beverly January 21, 1946. They made their home and raised their family in Huntingtown. George passed away December 24, 1979.

Ruth was a devoted wife, mother and homemaker, and a member of Huntingtown U.M. Church where she was active in the Women's Society. She enjoyed farm life, gardening, sewing, quilting, crocheting, crafts, travel, and being with family, especially her grandchildren. Ruth also enjoyed helping at her son's greenhouse in Massachusetts when she visited there.

Ruth was preceded in death by her two husbands, Joseph W. Cochran and George A. Beverly; a son Robert Lee Cochran, Sr., step-daughters Helen May Tennyson and Edna A. Mawyer, brothers Benjamin, Jr., Harry, and John Robinson, and sisters Edna Morgan and Lillian Robinson. She is survived by daughters Barbara Jean Lusby and husband Roy of Croom, MD, and Alice Ruth Williams of Huntingtown; a son Harry Glenn Cochran and wife Barbara of Franklin, MA; a step-son Karl A. Anderson and wife Jeanne of Rocky Mount, VA; a sister Ethel Irene O'Neill of Severn, MD; fourteen grandchildren, thirty nine great-grandchildren, and four great-great-grandchildren.

Friends and family will be received Tuesday August 2, 2011 from 11 AM to 12 Noon at Huntingtown United Methodist Church, 4020 Hunting Creek Road, Huntingtown, MD where services and a celebration of Ruth's life will be held at 12:00 Noon. Interment will be in the church cemetery, and a reception for family and friends will follow in the Celebration Hall.

Expressions of sympathy in Ruth's name may be made to Huntingtown U.M. Church, P.O. Box 550, Huntingtown, MD 20639 or to Franklin U.M. Church, P.O. Box 313, Franklin, MA 02038.

Arrangements provided by Rausch Funeral Home.